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Black and Missing Foundation Inc Organizes Search for Missing Spartanburg, SC Woman Evelyn Shelton
June 29, 2011
Black and Missing Foundation Inc (BAM FI) organizes search for missing Spartanburg, SC woman, Evelyn Shelton. Shelton, 42, was last seen at 10 pm Friday, May 20, 2011, after leaving a friend's house on North Dean Street.
Why I Speak Up for Black and Missing
May 10, 2011
The autopsy report came in last week. Sixteen-year-old Phylicia Barnes was murdered. Not that there was much doubt. But now it's official. Police aren't saying how or why, because it might hinder their investigation into who did this.
Black and Missing Foundation Names National TV and Radio Journalist Jacque Reid As Spokesperson
May 9, 2011
BAM FI announced today that Jacque Reid will be its spokesperson. As spokesperson, Reid will assist the organization in bringing awareness to missing persons of color – adults and children – on a national level.
Black & Missing: Serving the Community of Color Missing Persons
April 4, 2011
Every day 2,300 people are reported missing in this country. Forty percent of the missing persons population is comprised of people of color. The Black & Missing Foundation, founded in 2008 works to help solve cold cases and related incidents of persons of color who are missing.
Young, Black and Missing: Why Do Missing Blacks Get Less Media Attention?
February 4, 2011
The inside of a midsize storage unit in Prince George's County, Maryland, is stacked, floor to ceiling, with the belongings that tell the story of Unique Harris' life interrupted.
Missing Blacks Get Less Media Attention
November 10, 2009
The pain was so visible on Kyana Hunt's face that she could barely speak about her missing mother.